adh@anumb.UUCP (a.d.hay) (09/23/88)
i'm trying to convert omega from curses to windows. i've got it to compile and run (finding numerous curses->tam compatibility omissions in tam.h in the process), but omega has a TREMENDOUS appetite for windows -- 16, plus 2 arrays! (i haven't even looked up the size of the arrays). a lot of the windows look like gratuitous use of curses, so i think i can cut the number down a lot. but i also thought of attacking the other end of the equation -- the number of /dev/wXX devices. i have mknoded 20 additional windows (/dev/w13 - /dev/w32) but i can't access them. there's a magic number in /etc/master (NWINDOWS), but does it do anything? do i have to reboot to make it take effect? or is the limit hard-coded into /unix or /etc/lddrv/wind? -- Andrew Hay +------------------------------------------------------+ Holistic Specialist | I was reading my name on the glass of my office door | AT&T-BL Ward Hill MA | and listening to the staccato of rain on my desktop- | mvuxq.att.com!adh +------------------------------------------------------+
david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron -- One of the vertebrae) (09/24/88)
Yes you have to reboot to make a change in /etc/master take effect.
But I wouldn't be surprised if the driver didn't pay attention to the
parameter.
But have you ever had all your windows open? Did you notice
how slooooow the system is when you do it? Or maybe you have
a 2 meg+ machine and don't notice it? (I only notice the slowness
when I have a copy of GNU Emacs running when I open all
the windows).
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